5. Fall over - leave that to the heroine, and make sure always to catch her, preferably in strong, manly way.

6. Get any foodstuffs stuck in teeth (especially lettuce).

7. Wonder if they look good - they always do.
8. Look at another woman once they've met 'the one'.
9. Fall into a lake, and not be able to swim. (breaks two rules, see 5).
10. Snort with laughter while drinking coffee, causing unfortunate coffee through nose spray effect. Not a good look.

What have you had to edit out of your WIP's as showing your hero in a bad light? Comments?

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Great Post.Lawyer friend of mine was trying her hand at a romance novel. She decided her hero needed a flaw that heroine would help to heal. Flaw she came up with - erectile dysfunction. I think this (or similar) should be a definite DON'T!!

Hi Lacey - you know whats next, don't you? Heroines Donts. Working on it now!Hi Romy, Who doesn't love Clooney? I guess thinking of mummy could be dodgy if taken to excess. My critique complained of eating and drinking too much, so presumably food and drink shouldn't be taken to excess also!